https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/South Africa's weather first. The news that matters next.en-zahttps://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/elections/2026/11/vaal-elections-tomorrow-police-security-plans/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/elections/2026/11/vaal-elections-tomorrow-police-security-plans/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:45:00 +0200Voting stations across Emfuleni, Midvaal and Metsimaholo open at 07:00 on Wednesday. The national security cluster says plans are in place, after a Sasolburg council candidate was shot dead at his home last week.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/community/2026/11/three-rivers-vanderbijlpark-outages-no-restoration-time/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/community/2026/11/three-rivers-vanderbijlpark-outages-no-restoration-time/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:45:00 +0200Emfuleni says it is working on two outages, in Three Rivers in Vereeniging and in Vanderbijlpark. It has given no time for when power will be back, and a local councillor says some Three Rivers homes have been in the dark since Thursday.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/crime/2026/11/sharpeville-matric-learner-stabbed-police-investigate/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/crime/2026/11/sharpeville-matric-learner-stabbed-police-investigate/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:45:00 +0200Police in Sharpeville have opened a murder investigation after a 20-year-old matric learner was stabbed. His mother says he was stabbed after he confronted a man who had hit her with a brick.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/community/2026/11/emfuleni-water-unreliable-sebokeng-evaton-sahrc/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/community/2026/11/emfuleni-water-unreliable-sebokeng-evaton-sahrc/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:45:00 +0200A human rights inquiry says low pressure, burst pipes and repair delays are leaving parts of Emfuleni without dependable water. It also found that the municipality allocated nothing from its capital budget to water and sanitation for two years.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/weather/2026/11/vereeniging-weather-32c-isolated-thundershowers-voting-day/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/weather/2026/11/vereeniging-weather-32c-isolated-thundershowers-voting-day/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:45:00 +0200The South African Weather Service has a severe thunderstorm warning in force over the Vaal this afternoon and evening. For voting day, its charts show only isolated thundershowers.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/elections/2026/11/cape-town-special-voting-late-ballots/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/elections/2026/11/cape-town-special-voting-late-ballots/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0200The IEC says every affected station later opened. It blamed the delay on reprinting 33 million ballots after a Constitutional Court ruling added candidates.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/politics/2026/11/mkhwanazi-hawks-cabinet-still-to-decide/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/politics/2026/11/mkhwanazi-hawks-cabinet-still-to-decide/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0200Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia wants KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to head the Hawks. The law says Cabinet must agree first.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/courts/2026/11/phala-phala-theft-two-convicted-one-acquitted/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/courts/2026/11/phala-phala-theft-two-convicted-one-acquitted/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0200The Modimolle Regional Court convicted Imanuwela David and Froliana Joseph over the theft of $580,000 from President Cyril Ramaphosa's farm. Ndilinasho Joseph was acquitted.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/brief/2026/11/the-0600-brief-tuesday-3-november-2026/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/brief/2026/11/the-0600-brief-tuesday-3-november-2026/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200Weather first: five SAWS storm warnings and a Red Level 10 veld fire warning are in force. Then the seven stories that matter on election eve.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/elections/2026/11/cabc-logs-79-potentially-harmful-election-posts/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/elections/2026/11/cabc-logs-79-potentially-harmful-election-posts/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change says one post urged people to gather at voting stations on 4 November to prevent foreign nationals from voting. It stresses that its findings are provisional.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/claim-check/2026/11/claim-check-kwazulu-natal-special-vote-totals/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/claim-check/2026/11/claim-check-kwazulu-natal-special-vote-totals/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200One figure says 348,971 special votes were approved in KwaZulu-Natal; another says 362,878. Both come from the IEC. The difference is timing.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/claim-check/2026/11/claim-check-does-minister-tau-have-12-months-to-decide-the-lottery-licence/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/claim-check/2026/11/claim-check-does-minister-tau-have-12-months-to-decide-the-lottery-licence/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200Several reports say the minister has 12 months. The court’s order, as reported, works in two six-month periods, and 12 months is the total, not the deadline for a new decision.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/elections/2026/11/iec-presiding-officer-died-north-west/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/elections/2026/11/iec-presiding-officer-died-north-west/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200The Electoral Commission reported the death in its statement on the first day of special voting.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/weather/2026/11/storm-warnings-on-the-last-day-of-special-votes/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/weather/2026/11/storm-warnings-on-the-last-day-of-special-votes/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200SAWS has five severe-thunderstorm warnings and a Red Level 10 veld fire warning in force today. One storm warning lists disruption to “voting activities/processes” among its expected impacts.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/weather/2026/11/storm-live-tuesday-3-november-2026/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/weather/2026/11/storm-live-tuesday-3-november-2026/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200Every SAWS warning in force today with its expiry time, a newest-first stream of time-stamped updates, and what to do if a storm reaches you.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/money/2026/11/r3-a-litre-off-the-diesel-levy-from-wednesday/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/money/2026/11/r3-a-litre-off-the-diesel-levy-from-wednesday/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200Temporary relief on the General Fuel Levy starts on Wednesday 4 November. The final pump prices are still to come from the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/weather/2026/11/your-area-what-todays-storm-warnings-mean-for-the-vaal/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/news/weather/2026/11/your-area-what-todays-storm-warnings-mean-for-the-vaal/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200Vereeniging and Meyerton are under a SAWS Yellow Level 2 storm warning from midday, and Sasolburg from 14:00. Here is what that means for water, power, roads and farming.https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/alerts/2026/11/highest-fire-danger-warning-for-limpopos-far-north/https://nationwatchsa.pages.dev/alerts/2026/11/highest-fire-danger-warning-for-limpopos-far-north/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:50:00 +0200The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Red Level 10 warning for veld fire conditions in Thulamela (including Thohoyandou), Musina, Blouberg (including Alldays) and Lephalale, valid from 10:00 to 18:59 on Tuesday 3 November. Level 10 is the highest level on SAWS's impact-based warning scale.